Dave Greenwood is a British motorsport engineer who serves as Racing Director of the BWT Alpine F1 Team, effectively leading the squad at race events. Born 30 March 1978 in Wakefield, England, he graduated in mechanical engineering from Oxford Brookes University. ¹³

Early career

Greenwood began his Formula 1 career at British American Racing's Brackley base, spending over four years as a vehicle dynamicist. He then joined the Renault F1 Team as a trackside engineer, working with Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso during the team's 2005 and 2006 Drivers' and Constructors' Championship-winning seasons, before moving into a race-engineering role. ¹³

“Greenwood began his Formula 1 career at British American Racing's Brackley base, spending over four years as a vehicle dynamicist.”

Virgin, Marussia and Ferrari

In 2010 Greenwood moved to the new Virgin Racing as race engineer to Timo Glock, and was promoted to chief engineer as the team became Marussia, overseeing car setup and trackside engineering. He was then recruited by Scuderia Ferrari to oversee Kimi Räikkönen's return, becoming the Finn's race engineer — a partnership during which Ferrari finished runner-up in the Constructors' Championship on three occasions, and which produced the famous 'leave me alone, I know what I'm doing' style radio exchanges that made Greenwood a familiar voice to fans. ¹²³

Endurance racing and return to F1

After leaving F1, Greenwood became Technical Director at United Autosports, applying F1-level methods to the team's endurance programme and helping it to class victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours and a WEC Teams' Championship. He then led the Formula 1 entry bid of Hitech Grand Prix as Head of Special Projects, assembling the group behind its application to join the grid, before joining Alpine as Racing Director at the start of 2025. ¹²³

Remit at Alpine

As Racing Director, Greenwood is the senior figure leading Alpine's trackside operation on race weekends, responsible for the engineering and execution of the team's Grands Prix. His appointment was part of the broader Enstone restructuring under Briatore, adding an experienced race-engineering leader to the operational side. ²³

Why he matters

Why it matters: a team's results are won or lost in race execution — strategy calls, pit-stop timing and setup direction — and Greenwood brings a rare combination of F1 title-winning trackside pedigree and proven endurance-racing operational success to that role. He is the hands-on counterpart to Sanchez's design authority and Nielsen's operational management. ¹²

Bottom line

Greenwood combines deep trackside F1 experience — the Enstone title era and engineering Räikkönen at Ferrari — with championship-winning endurance results and team-building, making him a well-rounded operational leader for Alpine's race team. ¹²